Music Legends Duran Duran Promote Cruelty Over Compassion

Caged and deprived of everything that comes naturally to them, kicked, stomped on, bludgeoned, thrown to the ground, gassed, electrocuted, SKINNED ALIVE! Does this sound like an entertaining music video to you? This is Duran Duran's latest video, "Girl Panic," featuring five supermodels clad in fur, snakeskin, goat hair, feathers and leather.

A person that worked on the video and helped source the clothing confirmed that all of the fur garments appearing in the video are made from actual animal fur. Information on the furs is also available in the printed UK version of Harper's BAZAAR, December 2011 issue. We have reached out to Duran Duran, politely asking the band to stop promoting the use of animal fur and inviting them to participate in an IDA anti-fur public service announcement. If they respond, we will post an update immediately.

Please contact Duran Duran to request that they promote compassion towards animals, rather than extreme cruelty in the name of vanity. We recommend you approach them in a respectful manner, so your message will be heard. Click here for links to their contact info on our blog.


Victory! West Hollywood Goes Fur Free!

The City Council of West Hollywood passed a historic ordinance unanimously prohibiting the sale of fur apparel products within city limits! This great success culminated after months of canvassing and rallies and grassroots efforts by activists like you. Several stores in West Hollywood had voluntarily removed fur items from their stores prior to the City Council's actions. To find out more click here.

Skin Trade, The Movie

Animal Defenders International's Matt Rossell is featured in Skin Trade, describing the horrific treatment of animals he experienced while working undercover for four months during the pelting season of an Illinois fox farm.

 

Help End the Sale of Fur at Nordstrom


Nordstrom is a fourth-generation family business that has a solid customer service reputation and a name that evokes a sense of responsibility and success. Why, then, does the Nordstrom family continue to sully its reputation with ties to the fur industry?

Find out what you can do to end the sale of fur at Nordstrom.

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bebe goes fur free!

VICTORY! bebe has gone fur free: bebe committed to stop selling animal fur in all of its garments, handbags and other products starting with the fall 2008 fashion season.
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The True Price of Fur

Fur is a deadly luxury that animals can't afford. They are killed not out of necessity (for example to keep people warm: synthetic materials are warmer and cheaper), but for money and fashion - to make $10,000 mink coats, fur collars and frivolous fashion accessories. Most fur-bearing animals are raised in fur mills, kept in wire cages with as many as 100,000 "livestock" in a single facility. Trapped in cages, wild fur-bearing animals are denied their most basic natural behaviors.  MORE >>



IDA's New Fur PSA

exposing the abominations that take place behind the scenes of the Chinese cat and dog fur industry.



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